Lawmaker seeks study of alternative schools granting diplomas

3:14 PM,
May 2, 2012

Written by

Mike Hasten

BATON ROUGE - Rep Chris Hazel wants to know if adult education programs, like Calvary High School in Pineville, that educate high school dropouts should be able to issue official Louisiana high school diplomas.

James Stewart, chief executive officer of Calvary High School, told the committee that the program "does not cost the state of Louisiana one dollar" but the state benefits because it produces graduates who are prepared to go to work or to college. "At the last graduating class at LSU-A, the salutatorian was one of our graduates."